Monkey menace hits Vice President’s residence

New Delhi: The monkey menace has now struck the official residence of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. Mr Ram Kumar Kashyap of the Indian National Lok Dal raised the issue of monkey menace in the national capital through a zero hour mention in the Rajya Sabha. Mr Kashyap asked the government to evolve a mechanism to ensure that the menace of monkeys. He added that people cannot ‘dry their clothes outside’ and even they ‘uproot plants.’ A member of Parliament was delayed for a committee meeting as he was attacked by monkeys, he said asking the government to find a solution to the problem.

Mr Naidu, who is the Chairman of the Upper House, said even the official residence of the Vice President of India is facing monkey menace. “Hope Maneka Gandhi is not there,” he remarked in a lighter vein referring to animal rights activists and Union minister. “Some solution has to be found about monkey menace in Delhi,” he told minister of state for Parliamentary affairs Vijay Goel.